To All The Kids Who Were Born In The...

SUBMAN1 · 02-15-07, 04:51 PM

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cellphones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.

...and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age

02-15-07, 04:57 PM

I'm one of those kids and I had a great time. Thanks for taking me back!!!!

Iceman · 02-15-07, 05:22 PM

Bravo Bravo!!!!!

CCIP · 02-15-07, 05:32 PM

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

TteFAboB · 02-15-07, 05:43 PM

I actually ran with scissors once or twice and lived.

WARNING: KIDS, DON'T DO THIS! YOU'll DIE! I did! But then my corpse suffered massive doses of radiation and I came back from the dead, I'm a zombie and my purpose in this undead life is to eat the brains of kids who run around with scissors.

I never ate worms though.

Blergh!

02-15-07, 05:44 PM

I think in the early to mid '70s is when it started to change. In the '80s the mess was done and now we have a bunch of adults who cannot cope with the hard world where competition is what gets you ahead in the world and whose mommies have castrated them.

Here is an example of what I'm speaking of. Ten kids get sick in a population of four million and its a news story. Rediculous, and would only happen in a castrated society.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64874

August · 02-15-07, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

I survived Catholic school. BAM!

02-15-07, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

I survived Catholic school. BAM!

I survived Catholic Military School.

August · 02-15-07, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

I survived Catholic Military School.

You win the thread you poor poor man!

Linton · 02-15-07, 06:10 PM

.....and if you are British Gordon Brown is now extracting every penny out of you and will leave you in poverty when you retire.

02-15-07, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by waste gate

I survived Catholic Military School.

You win the thread you poor poor man!

Don't feel badly for me. Looking back I think I enjoyed the discipline and the opportunity for advancement which was clearly laid out. Not that I was perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Spent a few hours in the head masters office and was rewarded with the appropriate reduction in rank (military schools award rank).

I look very fondly on my time at the school. It is defunct now. Probably because it created too many people that the mommies of the world (read nanny state, welfare state, socialists...etc) didn't like.

STEED · 02-15-07, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Linton

.....and if you are British Gordon Brown is now extracting every penny out of you and will leave you in poverty when you retire.

So spend all your money now and when your penny less stick to fingers up to the chancer and say you can't get anymore out of me you.................

And stop paying Council Tax it's crippling me and another rise will finish me out right.

Back to the topic
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
I remember in summer the lights would come on about 11pm and it was not very dark then.

CCIP · 02-15-07, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p

I survived Catholic school. BAM!

Actually I beat everyone. Cause my high school here in Canada was also Catholic :p

So BAM - I survived both Soviet and Catholic, and ended up neither religious nor communist. You can imagine the sort of attitude that involved

02-15-07, 07:44 PM

One of the things I remember about my childhood, I was probably eight maybe 9 or 10 years old. My family lived in Dallas, TX at the time.

Racing the cars from the the top of my street and having to race them twice when the came from the bottom of the street. This game was played at dusk or after dark when we could see the headlights. Man it was fun! We raced them and won more often than not. We were gods!

Thanks for making this post SUBMAN1! So many great memories are flooding in.

KevinB · 02-16-07, 06:05 AM

Oulaw Political Correctness, outlaw cell phones to kids, let them grow up without being wrapped in cotton wool and growing up to be nancy boys later in life.

02-15-07, 04:51 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To All The Kids Who Were Born In The... TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because...... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cellphones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. ...and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age __________________

02-15-07, 05:32 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Peh! It might not have been in the 70's or before - but I'm a Soviet child, beat that gringos :p __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-15-07, 05:43 PM	#5
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I actually ran with scissors once or twice and lived. WARNING: KIDS, DON'T DO THIS! YOU'll DIE! I did! But then my corpse suffered massive doses of radiation and I came back from the dead, I'm a zombie and my purpose in this undead life is to eat the brains of kids who run around with scissors. I never ate worms though. Blergh! __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

02-15-07, 05:44 PM	#6
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think in the early to mid '70s is when it started to change. In the '80s the mess was done and now we have a bunch of adults who cannot cope with the hard world where competition is what gets you ahead in the world and whose mommies have castrated them. Here is an example of what I'm speaking of. Ten kids get sick in a population of four million and its a news story. Rediculous, and would only happen in a castrated society. http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64874 Last edited by waste gate; 02-15-07 at 05:56 PM.

02-15-07, 06:10 PM	#10
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	.....and if you are British Gordon Brown is now extracting every penny out of you and will leave you in poverty when you retire. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

02-15-07, 04:57 PM	#2
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm one of those kids and I had a great time. Thanks for taking me back!!!!

02-15-07, 05:22 PM	#3
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Bravo Bravo!!!!!

02-15-07, 07:44 PM	#14
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	One of the things I remember about my childhood, I was probably eight maybe 9 or 10 years old. My family lived in Dallas, TX at the time. Racing the cars from the the top of my street and having to race them twice when the came from the bottom of the street. This game was played at dusk or after dark when we could see the headlights. Man it was fun! We raced them and won more often than not. We were gods! Thanks for making this post SUBMAN1! So many great memories are flooding in.

02-16-07, 06:05 AM	#15
KevinB Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 195 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Oulaw Political Correctness, outlaw cell phones to kids, let them grow up without being wrapped in cotton wool and growing up to be nancy boys later in life.